The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

-----------------------------------

* Wandersong
https://store.steampowered.com/app/530320/Wandersong/
"Wandersong" is a simplistic, cute adventure-platformer with light
puzzling. It's mostly a side-scrolling 'walking sim' where you guide a
YY8PKspoony bard around a world meeting up with unlikely characters in
an epic but lighthearted quest to save the world. It's short and C592H
not very involved (and ever so Indie in its design); not a great game
but an interesting palette-cleanser K6GXW between more serious titles,
and thus an ideal way to round out this year's c.s.i.p.g.a give-away.
Enjoy!

-----------------------------------

And that really is it for this year's give-aways... at least from me.
I hope you all had fun with it, not only with the free games, but with
the daily give-away posts themselves (you might not have noticed, but
there was an ever-so subtle narrative about how a common holiday can
have an unexpectedly uncommon twist ending, told with the help of lots
of funny animals. But it was all very low-key so it may have slipped
you by ;-)

My goal was to inspire people to post more often on Usenet, and boy
howdy did I succeed at that; you all were chatterboxes this month. I
doubt this trend will continue at that pace now that the flow of free
games has gone away, but maybe it's encouraged some of you to be a bit
more prolific with your posting, in which case: mission accomplished!

This year (patting-myself-on-the-back part of the post engaged) I gave
away 52 games that - were I stupid enough to pay full price for all of
them - would have amounted to more than $1,000 USD in value. Of those,
Ant claimed 17 of them, with the rest of you trailing far behind
(that's what you get for being slow and picky ;-). Lurkers were known
to have grabbed six games. 20 games remain unclaimed (at least, nobody
claimed them publicly, lurkers might have done what lurkers do)

But in order to give these games a second chance, I'll list the keys
that haven't been openly claimed below. No guarantee they'll still
work but here's one last opportunity for you to fill out your library
with games you don't want. Remember, nobody's last words were ever "I
had a big enough video game's library," so stock up before the end
times are upon us ;-)

Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy C66XP-4CFN4-MC04L
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy: 7LH88-ZHBQC-0404W
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: J7TBW-ZZRG3-QJ3AL
Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
Drawful 2: EREWE-BPQ0K-ELLL8
Sinking Island 5V4AT-XX5FA-3IQ0E
Iron Danger 6RZQY-FLKGY-2488Y
Amnesia Dark Descent + Machine for Pigs ENXCN-DAJNP-HXP0J
112 Operator Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL
PGA Tour 2K21 JMNA3-ZYGZP-0E3Z2
Warsaw 8RB3Q-PWM9P-48W99
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
Between the Stars 2NDRD-LLGM5-GPDX0
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons BG9DF-CJ7BC-RIYLZ
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus RZXFZ-NA0AQ-MB6JR
This War of Mine 4GELB-8J8GI-39FPL
Kerbal Space Program IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW
Metro Exodus Enhanced BCFAI-98DCQ-ITA4X

Thank you all for the many fun posts, and I hope everybody will have a
great new year. I don't know if I'll do this again next year, or if it
will be quite as excessive (I know I say this every year) but if it is
the last time, I think we can say we ended the tradition beautifully
(and if we didn't end the tradition this year, then it stands as a
challenge to be beat in upcoming give-aways ;-0

But for now, I'm going back to my usual posting schedule. I think I
(and all of you1) deserve the break. ;-)

THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!

>The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
>yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

I will pass on this one as I do not like the graphics at all and
walking sims suck anyway. I also am not a fan of short games.

Thank you Spalls for sharing all of those extra keys you had this
year. I don't think I would have even shared the one extra key I had
if it weren't for your year end giveaway as I don't believe it would
have even occurred to me to share it here otherwise.

On 12/27/2022 7:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
> The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
> yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

Huh? I don't even remember that! Better late than never. :-)

> * Wandersong
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/530320/Wandersong/
> "Wandersong" is a simplistic, cute adventure-platformer with light
> puzzling. It's mostly a side-scrolling 'walking sim' where you guide a
> YY8PKspoony bard around a world meeting up with unlikely characters in
> an epic but lighthearted quest to save the world. It's short and C592H
> not very involved (and ever so Indie in its design); not a great game
> but an interesting palette-cleanser K6GXW between more serious titles,
> and thus an ideal way to round out this year's c.s.i.p.g.a give-away.
> Enjoy!

Passed. :-P

> -----------------------------------
>
> And that really is it for this year's give-aways... at least from me.
> I hope you all had fun with it, not only with the free games, but with
> the daily give-away posts themselves (you might not have noticed, but
> there was an ever-so subtle narrative about how a common holiday can
> have an unexpectedly uncommon twist ending, told with the help of lots
> of funny animals. But it was all very low-key so it may have slipped
> you by ;-)
>
> My goal was to inspire people to post more often on Usenet, and boy
> howdy did I succeed at that; you all were chatterboxes this month. I
> doubt this trend will continue at that pace now that the flow of free
> games has gone away, but maybe it's encouraged some of you to be a bit
> more prolific with your posting, in which case: mission accomplished!
>
> This year (patting-myself-on-the-back part of the post engaged) I gave
> away 52 games that - were I stupid enough to pay full price for all of
> them - would have amounted to more than $1,000 USD in value. Of those,
> Ant claimed 17 of them, with the rest of you trailing far behind
> (that's what you get for being slow and picky ;-). Lurkers were known
> to have grabbed six games. 20 games remain unclaimed (at least, nobody
> claimed them publicly, lurkers might have done what lurkers do)
>
> But in order to give these games a second chance, I'll list the keys
> that haven't been openly claimed below. No guarantee they'll still
> work but here's one last opportunity for you to fill out your library
> with games you don't want. Remember, nobody's last words were ever "I
> had a big enough video game's library," so stock up before the end
> times are upon us ;-)

> Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy C66XP-4CFN4-MC04L
> Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy: 7LH88-ZHBQC-0404W
> Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: J7TBW-ZZRG3-QJ3AL
> Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
> Drawful 2: EREWE-BPQ0K-ELLL8
> Sinking Island 5V4AT-XX5FA-3IQ0E
> Iron Danger 6RZQY-FLKGY-2488Y
> Amnesia Dark Descent + Machine for Pigs ENXCN-DAJNP-HXP0J
> 112 Operator Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL
> PGA Tour 2K21 JMNA3-ZYGZP-0E3Z2
> Warsaw 8RB3Q-PWM9P-48W99
> Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
> Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
> Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
> Between the Stars 2NDRD-LLGM5-GPDX0
> Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons BG9DF-CJ7BC-RIYLZ
> Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus RZXFZ-NA0AQ-MB6JR
> This War of Mine 4GELB-8J8GI-39FPL
> Kerbal Space Program IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW
> Metro Exodus Enhanced BCFAI-98DCQ-ITA4X
>
> Thank you all for the many fun posts, and I hope everybody will have a
> great new year. I don't know if I'll do this again next year, or if it
> will be quite as excessive (I know I say this every year) but if it is
> the last time, I think we can say we ended the tradition beautifully
> (and if we didn't end the tradition this year, then it stands as a
> challenge to be beat in upcoming give-aways ;-0
>
> But for now, I'm going back to my usual posting schedule. I think I
> (and all of you1) deserve the break. ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!

Thanks again! :D I need a time machine! :P
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:59:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Thanks again! :D I need a time machine! :P

Maybe in next year's give-away ;-)

On 12/27/2022 7:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
> THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!
>
*starts training the airborne sharknado units*

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dirty old man.

On 12/27/2022 9:04 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 12/27/2022 7:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>> THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!
>>
> *starts training the airborne sharknado units*
>
*start training his army ants* "For Kane!" ;)
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On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 7:26:12 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
> yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> * Wandersong
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/530320/Wandersong/
> "Wandersong" is a simplistic, cute adventure-platformer with light
> puzzling. It's mostly a side-scrolling 'walking sim' where you guide a
> YY8PKspoony bard around a world meeting up with unlikely characters in
> an epic but lighthearted quest to save the world. It's short and C592H
> not very involved (and ever so Indie in its design); not a great game
> but an interesting palette-cleanser K6GXW between more serious titles,
> and thus an ideal way to round out this year's c.s.i.p.g.a give-away.
> Enjoy!
>

Woo Hoo! Got another one! This one was on my Wishlist too!
> But in order to give these games a second chance, I'll list the keys
> that haven't been openly claimed below. No guarantee they'll still
> work but here's one last opportunity for you to fill out your library
> with games you don't want. Remember, nobody's last words were ever "I
> had a big enough video game's library," so stock up before the end
> times are upon us ;-)

I decided I should check so they don't flounder sitting lonely on
usenet, lost and unwanted.

> Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy C66XP-4CFN4-MC04L
> Iron Danger 6RZQY-FLKGY-2488Y
> Amnesia Dark Descent + Machine for Pigs ENXCN-DAJNP-HXP0J
> PGA Tour 2K21 JMNA3-ZYGZP-0E3Z2
> Warsaw 8RB3Q-PWM9P-48W99
> Between the Stars 2NDRD-LLGM5-GPDX0
> Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus RZXFZ-NA0AQ-MB6JR
> Metro Exodus Enhanced BCFAI-98DCQ-ITA4X

"Lourkhers" Justisaur spit.

> Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy: 7LH88-ZHBQC-0404W
> Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: J7TBW-ZZRG3-QJ3AL
> Drawful 2: EREWE-BPQ0K-ELLL8
> Sinking Island 5V4AT-XX5FA-3IQ0E
> Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons BG9DF-CJ7BC-RIYLZ
> This War of Mine 4GELB-8J8GI-39FPL

These I got! I'm surprised this many were left.

I didn't check this one as I took the other one, and found it
a bit too frenetic and made me feel desperate and helpless
in a bad way (can't help everyone.)

> 112 Operator Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL

I can't check the following as I already have them.

> Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
> Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
> Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
> Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
> Kerbal Space Program IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW

Thanks again Spalls!

- Justisaur

On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:19:20 -0800 (PST), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 7:26:12 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
>> yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>> * Wandersong
>Woo Hoo! Got another one! This one was on my Wishlist too!

>I decided I should check so they don't flounder sitting lonely on
>usenet, lost and unwanted.

Justisaur bravely takes one (or seven, as the case may be) for the
team, and also catapults himself into second place. Thank you for your
very noble sacrifice ;-)

The 'score' so far:
Ant: 17
Justisaur: 8
Mike S: 4
Zaghadka: 2
JAB: 1
rms: 1
(also, lurkers: 13... but they can't win no matter how many games
they claim. Them's the - completely made up - rules! ;-)

These games are still (potentially) available:
>> 112 Operator: Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL
>> Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
>> Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
>> Call of Juarez: Gunslinger: 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
>> Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy: 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
>> Kerbal Space Program: IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW

Nobody's gonna de-throne Ant, but second place is still (possibly) in
contention. Mike S. could still swing up from behind, and Zaghdka
might force a tie. Will it happen? Who knows! But the tension is thick
enough to cut with a knife!

On 12/27/2022 5:27 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
....
> Justisaur bravely takes one (or seven, as the case may be) for the
> team, and also catapults himself into second place. Thank you for your
> very noble sacrifice ;-)
>
> The 'score' so far:
> Ant: 17
> Justisaur: 8
> Mike S: 4
> Zaghadka: 2
> JAB: 1
> rms: 1
> (also, lurkers: 13... but they can't win no matter how many games
> they claim. Them's the - completely made up - rules! ;-)
....
> Nobody's gonna de-throne Ant, but second place is still (possibly) in
> contention. Mike S. could still swing up from behind, and Zaghdka
> might force a tie. Will it happen? Who knows! But the tension is thick
> enough to cut with a knife!

Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P
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On 12/27/2022 6:00 PM, Ant wrote:
> On 12/27/2022 5:27 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> ...
>> Justisaur bravely takes one (or seven, as the case may be) for the
>> team, and also catapults himself into second place. Thank you for your
>> very noble sacrifice ;-)
>>
>> The 'score' so far:
>>     Ant: 17
>>     Justisaur: 8
>>     Mike S: 4
>>     Zaghadka: 2
>>     JAB: 1
>>     rms: 1
>> (also, lurkers: 13... but they can't win no matter how many games
>> they claim. Them's the - completely made up - rules!  ;-)
> ...
>> Nobody's gonna de-throne Ant, but second place is still (possibly) in
>> contention. Mike S. could still swing up from behind, and Zaghdka
>> might force a tie. Will it happen? Who knows! But the tension is thick
>> enough to cut with a knife!
>
> Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P

If you don't play all of them to completion before the next insane Xmas
giveaway you automatically lose.

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dirty old man.

On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P

I turned down many of Spalls games or I would have ended up with most
of them. I tried to limit myself to just RPGs and Strategy games.

I know you beat me at least twice. Zag beat me twice as well.

Finally, I was genuinely surprised at how many games Spalls had to
share. I guess, I shouldn't be....because... Spalls... but I was. I
honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
giving away.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote:

>I
>honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
>giving away.

Ditto.

In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
them. That is nuts.

--
Zag

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spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On 12/28/2022 4:46 AM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P
>
> I turned down many of Spalls games or I would have ended up with most
> of them. I tried to limit myself to just RPGs and Strategy games.
>
> I know you beat me at least twice. Zag beat me twice as well.
>
> Finally, I was genuinely surprised at how many games Spalls had to
> share. I guess, I shouldn't be....because... Spalls... but I was. I
> honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
> giving away.

I wonder how he gets so many!
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On 12/28/2022 4:55 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
> S. wrote:
>
>> I
>> honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
>> giving away.
>
> Ditto.
>
> In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
> them. That is nuts.

Same!!
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>>Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P
>
>I turned down many of Spalls games or I would have ended up with most
>of them. I tried to limit myself to just RPGs and Strategy games.
>
>I know you beat me at least twice. Zag beat me twice as well.
>
>Finally, I was genuinely surprised at how many games Spalls had to
>share. I guess, I shouldn't be....because... Spalls... but I was. I
>honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
>giving away.

It seems awful to say this, but we have the war in Ukraine to thank
for that. HumbleBundle did one of their "do it for the charity"
bundles earlier this year to help the people of Ukraine, and there
were /a lot/ of games in that bundle. About half the games went to me
or somebody in my immediate circle, but the rest? They got tagged for
the 2022 give-away.

So those games made up the bulk of the games; a handful were spares I
accumulated from other bundles, and a few I purchased specifically
(and cheaply) for the give-away in order to fit the narrative ;-)

But barring another massive charity bundle I wouldn't expect anything
quite so excessive next year. We all benefited from Putin's
intransigence this year, but I think we all agree that it's better to
have fewer games than similar disasters in the future.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:08:53 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>On 12/28/2022 4:55 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
>> S. wrote:
>>
>>> I
>>> honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
>>> giving away.
>>
>> Ditto.
>>
>> In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
>> them. That is nuts.
>
>Same!!

341 here, but otherwise the same. That Epic has continued the
give-away program for so long that I've managed to accumulate that
many games really tells you how profitable Fortnite is.

I'm still surprised they keep doing it (the give-away program, I
mean). I fully expect them to announce an end to it in 2023 (because
that would seem the sensible thing to do) but who knows what will
happen. When you have that much money at your fingertips, sensibility
isn't a necessity anymore.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:44:36 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>HumbleBundle did one of their "do it for the charity"
>bundles earlier this year to help the people of Ukraine, and there
>were /a lot/ of games in that bundle.

Damn. That *was* a lot of games. I will thank you just for doing all the
inventory work that must have taken.

--
Zag

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spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:18:56 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:44:36 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>>HumbleBundle did one of their "do it for the charity"
>>bundles earlier this year to help the people of Ukraine, and there
>>were /a lot/ of games in that bundle.

>Damn. That *was* a lot of games. I will thank you just for doing all the
>inventory work that must have taken.

Oh, the sacrifices I make, buying dozens of games for my own
enjoyment. Truly, I am a saint. ;-)

More seriously, that was one of the better bundles Humble ran (at
least from a value perspective). But even when I was buying it, I knew
a good chunk of those were gonna end up in the give-away. Don't get me
wrong; the bulk of the games went into my library, but I knew a
more-than-usual number would end up in this year's give-away too.So it
was a triple-win; support for Ukraine, some games for me, and enough
extras to make the December give-away exciting.

If we're lucky, there will be another similar bundle, although
hopefully not in response to anything as disastrous as the Ukraine
invasion. But, you know, something like, "here's a 20 game bundle to
help out with some less immediate and less life-threatening issue."
(But even then, I sort of feel skeevy wishing that; who wants to
profit off of somebody else's misfortune?)

Still, as far as indexing went (and yes, I index; I'm the person with
the spreadsheet, remember?), the Ukraine bundle was a lightweight.
Now, the Itch.io charity bundles... /those/ are annoying to keep track
of. But the Ukraine bundle? I think I spent more time setting up the
spreadsheet for the give-away itself (because /of course/ I created
another spreadsheet for that) than I did indexing the games I kept.
;-)

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:55:16 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

I too have 98 games in my libraryfrom Epic and never bought any
either.

>On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
>S. wrote:
>
>>I
>>honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
>>giving away.
>
>Ditto.
>
>In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
>them. That is nuts.

On Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 4:54:54 PM UTC-8, Alan D Ray wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:55:16 -0600, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> I too have 98 games in my libraryfrom Epic and never bought any
> either.
> >On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
> >S. wrote:
> >
> >>I
> >>honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
> >>giving away.
> >
> >Ditto.
> >
> >In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
> >them. That is nuts.

I've bought a couple. Outer Worlds as it was an exclusive at the time,
and something else because I had that $15 coupon they were giving away,
and paid in real money far less than it was going for. Might have been
disco elysium? I don't remember.

I'm tempted with Saints Row as it appears to be an exclusive again,
but really, I can wait both for it to go to other platforms and drop in price
considerably. I think it was already on sale on Epic for a considerable
discount, so it's likely to go down more.

- Justisaur